New York’s 25th Congressional District Named One Of the Worst Places to Live For African Americans (Updated)
Written by wdkxwp on August 21, 2019
Written by DJ Sight
A financial website called Wall Street 24/7 ranked New York’s 25th congressional district as one of the worst places for African Americans to live.
The report was based off of 2017 census data; how unemployment, home ownership and poverty numbers compared to that of white people in the same district. New York’s 25th congressional district is overseen by Congressman Joe Morelle.
Read more about this report here.
EDIT (8/26/19):
The 25th congressional district includes the city of Rochester and areas in Monroe County and is represented by Democratic Congressman Joseph Morelle. He stopped by the WDKX Wake-Up Club to talk about the study and let people know what he plans to do about changing that around.
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